# What's the Highest Waterfall You've Seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921 "2008-01-17T19:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921/41 "2008-01-20T06:47:51Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] Highest waterfall? Hmm, somewhat over 11,000 feet, but I don’t know the precise altitude. [/QUOTE] Angel Falls is the highest falls and it is 3212 feet high. The word “precise” does not apply when trying to reconcile a difference of over 7,700 feet or more than twice the actual figure. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921/42 "2008-01-20T17:19:41Z")
[QUOTE=kniz] Angel Falls is the highest falls and it is 3212 feet high. The word “precise” does not apply when trying to reconcile a difference of over 7,700 feet or more than twice the actual figure. :smack: [/QUOTE] Whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921/43 "2008-01-20T19:30:33Z")
[Takakaw Falls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takakkaw_Falls), in BC, which wasn’t really far from where I lived. 1260 ft high. Edit: In case anyone is wondering, it’s pronounced Tack-ACK-aw. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921/44 "2008-01-20T19:49:06Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] what is the highest waterfall you’ve ever seen? [/QUOTE] Seen from what perspective? Muffin under a waterfall: [![](http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/24520064.jpg) ](http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/24520064.jpg) Shots of Muffin’s buddies going over falls that Muffin has gone over: [![](http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/24490052.jpg) ](http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/24490052.jpg) [![](http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/24490042.jpg) ](http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/24490042.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921/45 "2008-01-20T20:32:47Z")
We may or may not have _been_ high when we daisy chained our way down Dunn’s River Falls in Ocho Rios, circa 1987. It’s all kind of a nice fuzzy blur. Sigh. Things were so much simpler then. Iguaza (spelling) falls, not the highest but pretty damn spectacular. Yosemite falls after a big snow season. All the ones in Hawaii/Maui already listed. Anyone been to Donut Falls in Utah? They may or may not serve donuts up top after you make the climb. (I’m so bored. When is that Green Bay game gonna start?) ---
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921/46 "2008-01-21T06:23:43Z")
On my honeymoon in New Zealand, we saw [Sutherland Falls](http://home.comcast.net/~dorian.hart/new_zealand/nz5.html) (scroll down a little bit for the picture) while hiking the Milford Track on the South Island. It’s 580 meters high, which is pretty tall up close! -P [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-highest-waterfall-youve-seen/433921.md?page=2)